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The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC) Competitors

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GBX 249.64 -0.36 (-0.14%)
As of 12:05 PM Eastern

MRC vs. PLUS, TOT, ARW, GMS, SAG, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, and COR

Should you be buying The Mercantile Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Mercantile Investment Trust include Plus500 (PLUS), Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), and 70688 (COR.L) (COR). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

The Mercantile Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Plus500 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust and The Mercantile Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Plus500's score of 0.59 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Mercantile Investment Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Plus500
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Mercantile Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 3,304.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.57%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plus500 is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Mercantile Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Plus500
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plus500. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus500, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Mercantile Investment Trust£415.73M4.46£393.55M£53.194.69
Plus500£856.04M3.31£312.07M£270.2411.37

The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Plus500's net margin of 36.45%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.06% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Mercantile Investment Trust94.67% 20.56% 2.53%
Plus500 36.45%39.06%26.75%

Summary

Plus500 beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRC vs. The Competition

MetricThe Mercantile Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.85B£1.30B£6.49B£3.18B
Dividend Yield3.21%4.40%4.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio4.6922.5614.32166.92
Price / Sales4.462,443.381,761.91448,413.15
Price / Cash9.3060.62127.5127.93
Price / Book0.911.395.286.35
Net Income£393.55M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.08%0.67%0.96%0.76%
1 Month Performance-1.52%1.25%2.45%49.50%
1 Year Performance-0.34%6.80%24.82%141.61%

The Mercantile Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 249.64
-0.1%
N/A-0.9%£1.85B£415.73M4.692,800News Coverage
Positive News
PLUS
Plus500
1.7874 of 5 stars
GBX 3,098
flat
GBX 3,304.67
+6.7%
+17.5%£2.86B£856.04M11.461,580Buyback Announcement
Gap Up
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 19.14
+0.2%
N/A+5.2%£256.86M£190.25M6.695,480Gap Down
SAG
Science Group
2.4503 of 5 stars
GBX 552
-4.0%
GBX 758
+37.3%
+13.3%£246.75M£108.81M41.67443High Trading Volume
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 304.10
-0.3%
N/A+60.6%£49.95M£52.08M16.9323,500
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 55
-2.2%
N/AN/A£26.14M£41.04M32.14140Gap Up
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£729K£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up
COR
70688 (COR.L)
N/AGBX 0.02
-6.3%
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000

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This page (LON:MRC) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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